Whelp, my WoW experiment ended...poorly. I ran through the first 12 levels on three different toons, and simply came away, well, bored. And before you say "but it's just the early levels!", I should mention that the early levels - learning the lore, exploring the world, learning the gameplay - is typically my favorite time in an MMO. I mostly just find that whenever I fired up WoW, it really made me want to play something else that has improved on its original formula. That's not a knock against WoW, mind you, it's more just an indication of how the genre has evolved over the years. I also find that despite what I try and tell myself, I'm still kind of a graphics whore.

So I jumped back into ESO for a little while. Rolled a Redguard Dragonknight, which feels like a completely different experience than my Nightblade was. Plus, it's awfully pretty.

So I jumped back into ESO for a little while. Rolled a Redguard Dragonknight, which feels like a completely different experience than my Nightblade was. Plus, it's awfully pretty.

How would you say ESO compares to something like Skyrim at this point when it comes to basic combat and mechanics? Is ESO still a game where you just hit 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, etc or does it feel more like a single player action RPG?

So I jumped back into ESO for a little while. Rolled a Redguard Dragonknight, which feels like a completely different experience than my Nightblade was. Plus, it's awfully pretty.

How would you say ESO compares to something like Skyrim at this point when it comes to basic combat and mechanics? Is ESO still a game where you just hit 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, etc or does it feel more like a single player action RPG?

ESO is still very much an MMO, with a skill bar, rotations, etc. However, the scope, scale, story, and lore are absolutely Elder Scrolls.

I actually much prefer ESO to Skyrim, a game I thought got pretty boring once the wow factor wore off. I'd even go so far as to say ESO my favorite of all the ES games, although I'm sure I'm in the extreme minority there.

Yeah, I just can't go back to the MMO play style of using a skill bar and everything. Regardless of the rest of the game that just feels like a really dated mechanic that literally puts me to sleep as soon as I start using it.